In producing this figure, Hot Toys has had the benefit of hindsight, improving on what was lacking in their earlier product. The most notable improvement is to Bat's headsculpt and this time round. We also get Bruce Wayne's head and a decent assortment of accessories.

I like the material used for the suit. If you've had the chance to handle Hot Toys's muscular body before, basically they've replicated the material used for his lower body on the upper body, and made it slightly more malleable, which means Hot Toys Bats' articulation is improved and he can achieve poses Takara's cannot, due the restrictiveness of the material used.

Takara's interpretation looks more streamlined while Hot Toys' comes across as slightly bulky. The bulk appears to be more movie accurate though, and my only complaint is that the closed fists look inproportionate to his body.

I would say this is one of the coolest Batman figure I have had the pleasure to own, and would strongly recommend this to anyone on the hunt for a definitive 1:6 Batman Begins figure.

I did an earlier preview of Hot Toys The Dark Knight Batman (Original Costume) here and have pix of a kitbashed Bruce Wayne here as well as Hot Toys Joker here.

Hey Shaun, I have this figure for about a month now and have been in one pose - holding up his batarang. Today I took him out and guess what? The rubber suit around his elbow somehow started to 'melt' and was starting to stick together! I gently peeled them apart, thank god no permanent damage. Anyway, given our hot weather (I'm in Brunei), do you use anything to protect the rubber suit? I was thinking of getting some car care rubber lotion to apply to protect the suit. Any tips? So for the rest of you who have this figure, make sure you check them once in a while in case those suits start to melt like mine almost did!

hi borgkingkong, quite a heart stopping moment for the suit there! I did read about the car care rubber lotion but the experts on the forums esp onesixthwarriors advise against it. I think the best prevention is to leave it in as unarticulated a pose as possible.